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| Use | National flag and ensign    |
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| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | December 5, 1995 (standard version) |
| Design | A red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side pointed towards the fly-side divided into two right triangles where the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is blue with the Emblem of Eritrea from 1952 to 1995 in yellow, in other words, a vertical olive branch encircled by an olive wreath, centered on the hoist side of the triangle. |
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The flag of Eritrea (Tigrinya: ሃገራዊት ባንዴራ ኤርትራ, Arabic: علم إريتريا الوطني) is the national flag of Eritrea. It was adopted on 5 December 1995.[1] The flag combines the basic layout and colors from the flag of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front with an emblem of a wreath and an upright olive branch derived from the Eritrean flag from 1952 to 1962.
The green color in the flag stands for the agriculture and livestock of the country, while the blue represents the bounty of the sea. The red stands for the bloodshed in the struggle for Eritrean independence, with the 30 leaves in the wreath representing the thirty years spent in the struggle for independence.[2][3]
- ^ "National Flag of Eritrea". Worldflags. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "The High Hoisted Banner Of Pride And Glory". www.shabait.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "Flag of Eritrea". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2020-03-23.